Henri Giffard
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French engineer (1825-1882)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1825
- Died
- 1882
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Application de la vapeur à la navigation aérienne
- Henri Giffard papers
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative
· 2010 · cited 7,613x
- Local compositions in thermodynamic excess functions for liquid mixtures
· 1968 · cited 6,324x
- Type, Density, and Location of Immune Cells Within Human Colorectal Tumors Predict Clinical Outcome
· 2006 · cited 5,497x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,776x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
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Key facts
- Born
- Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard , ( 1825-02-08 ) 8 February 1825, Paris , France
- Died
- 14 April 1882 (1882-04-14) (aged 57)
- Occupation
- engineer
- Known for
- steam injector , Giffard dirigible airship
via Wikipedia infobox
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The Giffard dirigible, created by Giffard in 1852 A- Steam from boiler, B- Needle valve, C- Needle valve handle, D- Steam and water combine, E-Water feed, F- Combining cone, G- Delivery nozzle and cone, H- delivery chamber and pipe, K- Check valve
Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard (8 February 1825 – 14 April 1882) was a French engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henri Giffard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.